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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

907 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 906 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

FLASH FLOODING FROM AN EAST TO WEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE

MOVING EAST THROUGH THE AREA.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE

  AFFECTING STURGEON...MURRY...MIDWAY...HALLSVILLE...EASLEY...

  COLUMBIA AND ASHLAND.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER WESTERN BOONE COUNTY. THE STORMS WILL TAPER

OFF AND RAIN SHOULD END BY 1100AM THIS MORNING. HOWEVER ANOTHER ONE

TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL BRINGING LOCAL RAINFALL

TOTALS TO NEAR 5 INCHES. 



SOME OF THE STREAMS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY HEAVY RUNOFF THIS 

MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON INCLUDE...MILL CREEK...PERCHE 

CREEK...CALLAHAN CREEK...AND THE HOMINY BRANCH IN THE CITY OF 

COLUMBIA.  



LOW AREAS AND KNOWN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS THAT HOLD WATER WILL BE 

VULNERABLE THIS MORNING.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH THESE AREAS



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3872 9240 3865 9220 3924 9214 3926 9242

      3901 9256



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